Chinese electric utility deploys APC platform for coal-fired plants

Huadian Inner Mongolia Energy has implemented a combustion optimization control system for two of its coal-fired 600 MW power boiler units at the Baotou Power Generation Branch, provided by Invensys Operations Management. These advanced process control (APC) installations have passed technical and acceptance testing administered by the Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute. The group’s findings indicate that the new system has helped save energy costs, reduced emissions, more than doubled the ramp up rate, and improved boiler performance efficiency for Units 1 and 2.

Zhao Xiaodong, the plant’s general manager, said, “The boiler combustion optimization project has been very successful. I thank the Invensys project team for its hard work and effort in helping us achieve productivity excellence.”